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GRAYIING MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, MARCH 81, 1887.

struck her. Ina, my sister, at that raised
up in bed and screamed, and 1 don't know
why did it, but / struck her with the
hatchet and she fell back. They were all
lying quiet. i took off all my clothes ex-
cept my shirt and drawers, then pulled off
Waty's pants. raised him up and carried
him into the other room and put him into
our bed. After that went back and got
the hatchet and pounded his head all to
pieces. l felt mad at Waty because he had
killed father. went to the cupboard and
got the butcher knife and cut Waty's head
nearly of. Then went back into the other
room and sat down, and / did not know
what TO do. Then ! thought that if any OF
them should come to life they would say
killed Waty. So took the butcher knife
and cut their throats 10 make sure work of
1t. then blew out the lamp and sat down
for several hours, but at last could rot
stand it any longer and again lit the lamp,
and, putting on my clothes, ran over to Mr..
Mendalrs and told him some one was at
our house with hatchet and had hurt pa
and ma"
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GLASS, porcelain and other metals
can be soldered by an alloy made as
follows; Copper dust, obtained by
precipitation from a solution of the
sulphate by means of zinc, is put in a
cast-iron or porcelain-lined mortar and
mixed with strong sulphuric acid,
specific gravity l.S5. From twenty to
thirty or thirty-six parts of the dust
are taken, according to the hardness
desired. To the cake formed of acid
and copper there is added, under con-
slant stirring, seventy parts of mer-
curry. When well mixed, the amalgam
is carefully rinsed with warm water to
remove all the acid, and then set aside
to cool. In ten or twelve hours it is
hard enough to scratch tin. When re-
quired for use, it is to be heated so hot
that, when worked over and brazed in
q mortar, it becomes as soft as wax. In
this ductile form it can be spread on
any surface, to which it adheres with
great tenacity when it gets cold and
hard. This alloy is intended to be
used to solder such articles as will not
bear high temperature.
DTqIO0iSt
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THE KANSAS BUTCHERY.
Willie Sell Confesses to the Murder OF
His Father, Mother, Sister and
Brother.
How a Trivial Dispute Ppecipi-
tated a Most Horrible
Murder.
kansas City special. !


Willie Sell, the 16-year- old boy who was
convicted last July of numbering his father,
mother, brother and sister, near the town
of Erie, Kas., has made q confession, in
which he says that his father, j. w. Sell, q
well-to-do farmer, was killed by his broth
er, and that he (Willie) killed his brother to
revenge his father, and afterward killed his
mother and sister. The murders were COM
mitted at night, and The nrst information of
the tragedy was given by the murderer, who
awaked neighbor and told him some man
was hurting his father aud mother. The
bodies of the murdered people we're found
in the farmhouse, with their throats
cut from ear to ear and their heads crushed.
A bloody hatchet and butcher knife we're
found in chair. Suspicion rested strong
iy on the boy and he was arrested, tried,
convicted, and sentenced to be hanged. He
is now in the penitentiary awaiting the
signing by the Governor of the death
warrant. The boys confession is as fol-
lows:
Mother and sister Ina had gone 10 bed.
Father, Waty and were still up, when the
calves got out and came up around the
house. Waty sat at the table reading and
father had just taken his coat and pants off
TO go TO bed, and told Waty TO go and put
the calves up. He said: Let Willie do it.
/ won't 60 out now Father said that he
should go, and Waty did not want to, und,
while they were talking, went out and got
the hatchet, which was sticking in log of
wood outside the door, and came back to
see il Waty would go out with me. l got
the hatchet to nail up the calf pen. Father
and Waty were there quarreling, and had
become very mad. When came in
where they we're, with the hatchet,
Waty snatched it out of my hand and
struck father several times, at last knock
ing him down. When j saw what Waty
had done / caught hold of the hatchet and
jerked il out of his hands, and, striking at
Waty, hit him on the head and he fell
down on the floor, and / supposed that
killed him. Then mother, seeing what was
being done, jumped out of bed, screaming,
and, before I thought what was doing, 1
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THE HADDOCK MURDER.
Of a Celebrated Crimi-
nal Trial at Sioux City,
Iowa.
The Council and the Jury-Betting Men
Offering Odds on Disagree
ment.
[sIoUx CITY CORRESPONDENCE Il


On dark and rainy night, in the month
OF August, 1856, Rev. George G. Haddock,
minister Of the Methodist Church and q
stalwart Prohibitionist, was assassinated in
one of Sioux City's public streets. The
murder created profound sensation in the
community. There was universal con-
demnation OF the deed. and an almost pas
sionate demand that the perpetrators be
hunted down. Meetings IN scores OF places
IN Iowa and other States were held. Re-
ligious, temperance and other organiza-
tioas- P~Svoa -rovol,-Ai---- - Sss..Su..z'is.s,
the crime, and expressing sympathy for
the widow of the murdered man.
Contributions came in from every di-
rection and handsome sum was thus pro-
vided for her, and smaller sums were sent
10 aid in closing the saloons and discover
ing the murderers. The day of the MUIR
der Gov. Larrabee offered a reward Of
$500, the limit allowed by law, for the APP
prehension of the guilty parties. The City
Council also offered reward. Later the
Crawford avalanche., 1887-03-31
A LEGISLATOR SHOT AT.
Attempt TO Kill Hon. G. =. Bailey, a
Member or the Illinois
Legislature.
The Ball Stopped by Books and Papers
Was 1t the Deed of an
Anarchist
[Snrinpfield I'LL snecinl.i !

A cold-blooded attempt to assassinate
Representative George s. Bailey, the
United Labor member from East st. Louis,
was made Tuesday evening. About 8
o'clock Mr.. Bailey approached the door of
his boarding house, Mr.. S. s. Elders, on
Capital avenue, near the Alton track. The
house has an ample yard, and nothing in
tervenes between it and the railroad em-
bankment few rods to the west, the rail-
road here crossing the avenue by q bridge.
Mr.. Bailey says he was facing his door
when the discharge of pistol sounded
from the vacant lot, and he staggered into
lis house and to his anxious wife awaiting
him in their front room, ON the ground
floor. Mr.. Bailey was seen shortly
after. but could furnish little
speculation regarding the would-be mur-
derer or his motives. Mr.. Bailey's escape
was not OF an uncommon kind, but his
was certainly eiiectual
When he reached his room, uncertain if
shot or rot, search was made for any trace
of the ball, the shock OF which be had felt
as it struck his person. Through heavy
coat it had penetrated, then through his
Prince Albert, and through n pamphlet or
two, and quite through one of the leather
bound books of rules cnrIied by the men,
bers, finally spending itself against the
cover of a still thicker memorandum book.
The entire package rested three or four
inches below his heart, and in il was found
the 32-ball.
1t will be remembered that Mr.. Bailey
and Mr.. Karlowski, the latter also Labor
party member of the House, signed reso-
luton reading Senator Burke and Repre-
sentative Rohrbach out Of the Labor party
last week for attending the funeral of An
arehist Neebes wife. IL is said that let
ters have been received in this city. saying
that these traitors" would be dealt with in
some way soon.
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others with whom he was found to have
been intimately associated. But the trouble
was there was no satisfactory proof. Leav-
lit and other suspected parties testified be-
fore the Coroner's jury, and had stories to
tell in which they denied knowledge or
part in the crime.
But before the Coroner's jury adjourned,
it was noticed that these parties, toward
whom suspicion pointed, began to disap-
pear from the city. Leavitt was
among those who levanted. He
was finally arrested in Chicago,
and confessed all he knew in connection
with the tragedy. He fixed upon John
Arensdorf, member of the Franz Brew
ing Company, as the man who fired the
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Frankness.

Mistress-"The coffee is so strong
this morning that it's absolutely bitter,
Kathleen.
Maid-"Yes, ma'am. TIL policeman
on this bate do be comphlanin' av tn
wakeness av it all winter, an durin' tn
cowld wither cook is afther humorin'
tn poor divil a bit. It'd Bits.
Crawford avalanche., 1887-03-31

ENGLAND, the land of the Angles,
takes its name from ono of the, chief
tribes of Low German invaders, and the
term Anglo-Saxon as applied to the
language represents the union Of dia-
lects of the Angles and Saxons.
Crawford avalanche., 1887-03-31

CARDINAL DE RIcHELIEu, the famous
prime minister of France during the
reign of Lous Kill, died in lG42, after
twenty years reign as the real head of
the country, the King being little bet
Ter than an imbecile.
Crawford avalanche., 1887-03-31

The memorable assembly known in
English history as the Long Parlia-
ment is so called because its sessions
continued for thirteen years. This was
the Parliament that arrayed itself
against Charles l., precipitating the
civil war between the Cavaliers and
Roundhoads, and eventually bringing
the monarch to the block.
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fatal shot, and declared that there were
present at the murder Henry Peters, the
brewery driver, standing at Arensdorfs
elbow; Fred Munchrath. Jr., Geo, Treiber,
Paul Leader, Harry Sherman, Louis Plath
and two other Germans. Arensdorf,
Leader, Munchrath and Sherman were
instantly arrested, and warrants were
sworn out for the others named who had
disappeared. Albert Koschnitsh was ar
rested in California, and Sylvester
Grande in Kansas City. After long
and patient investigation the grand jury
returned two indictments against ali the
nine defendants above named, charging
them jointly with murder and conspiracy.
At the January term of court the attor-
neys for Arensdorf demanded that he should
be first put on trial, and claimed TO be ready
for trial. The prosecution asserted its legal
right 70 say which defendant should be first
tried, and asked that speedy date be as
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Methodist ministers offered q reward of
81 900.
On the day following the murder the
Coroner's inquest began taking evidence,
and after two days the evidence showing
the fact that valuable clews were likely to
be developed, the investigation was
made secret. The investigation covered
a long period of time, there being
extended adjournments. Circumstances
were developed which fastened serious sus-
picion on one Harry l.. LeavitC, who had
kept low variety show in Sioux CITY.
Suspicion was also fastened upon several
Crawford avalanche., 1887-03-31

THE name France comes from Fran
cia, the land of the Franks. Frank,
the generic name of the people, is de-
rived from an old German word signi-
flying battle-axe.
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"WHo says we don't belong to the
great army of labor?" said one tramp
to another as they were relieving a
clothes-line of its burden one dark
night; don't we take in washing ?"
Certainly" said his mate, with
chuckle, as they continued TO take it
In. Il Terds Stftings.
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IMPORTANT APPOINTMENTS.
Names of the Interstate Com
merce Commission Given
to the Public.
Judge Cooley, OF Michigan, Heads the
List, with Morrison for
Second Place.
schOOnmaker, New York; Walker, Yer
monti and Bragg, Alabama, Com
plete the Board.
Washington special.l

The President has appointed the follow
ing Interstate Commissioners:
Thomas nj. Cooley Of Michigan, for the
term of six years.
William X. Morrison of Illinois, for the
term of five years.
ApRustus Schoonmaker Of New York for
the term OF four years.
Aldace +. Walker of Vermont, for the
term of three years.
Walter l.. Bragg of Alabama, for the
term of two years
Crawford avalanche., 1887-03-31

WOMEN always claim to be anxious
to have as good husbands as possible,
and yet we never attended wedding
where the bride married the best man.
Crawford avalanche., 1887-03-31

IT is mi take, young man, when
you think the girls just d. ing after you
1t is only you who are thoroughly in
love with yourself.
Crawford avalanche., 1887-03-31

IT was in the ninth century that q
navy was organized by Alfred the
Great.
Crawford avalanche., 1887-03-31

ENGLAND derives its name from the
Angles, Teutonic people who won
home in Britain.
Crawford avalanche., 1887-03-31

BRANDT, an alchemist, discovered
phosphorus in 1877.
Crawford avalanche., 1887-03-31

THE Doston boys stomach is always In
apple-pio order. -New Orleans PicaIune.
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signed for trial. The court set the trial for
the 2lst of March. Some days prior to this
date the defense insisted that the prosecu-
ton should elect which of the defendants
should be first tried, and the prosecution
replied by electing John Arensdorf, the
principal defendant, and that he be tried
on the charge of murder. Thereupon the
court 30 ordered, and set the trial for the
23d of March.
Crawford avalanche., 1887-03-31

On Wednesday, the 23d Of March, be-
fore Judge Lewis, began the trial of John
Arensdorf for the murder of Rev. George
Haddock, and at this writing it is still in
progress.
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TO OUR READERS.

1t is due to the patrons of the PACIFIC
COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER to inform them
that at meeting of the stockholders
held Tuesday afternoon portion of the
stock changed hands, thus involving the
necessity for change in its manage
ment and modification III the express
sion of its views on public matters
The p. G. A. Company was reorganized
yesterday upon this basis
With This issue the ADVERTISER takes
new departure, and its best efforts and
aims will be directed towards expressing
faithfully and fairly the opinions of
His Majesty's Government.
It's channels of information will enable
it to place before the public news of in
terest hitherto unsought for by its con-
temporaries.
The ADVERTISER is not intended to be
a vehicle for political controversy, but
rather one to convey correct information
to the public in regard to Governmental
policy and enterprise, and to establish
frank and friendly relations between the
people and the Government.
1t is only just to say that the former
editor, Mr.. Robert J. Creighton, is no
longer connected with this paper, he
having, much to the regret of his asso-
ciates, resigned his position.
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HER MAJEsTY's TOUR.

Our readers are indebted to the cour-
tesy of the Foreign Office for a very in
teresting letter from Minister Carter,
giving detailed account of Her Males
tvs visit to Washington, and the warm
hearted reception extended to the Queen
and Royal party by the officials and peo-
pie of the United States
It is pleasing to think that, apart
from the high personal esteem in
which the two Royal ladies are
held, and have consequently been
SO highly honored by our powerful
and friendly neighbor, that the courte
sizes extended to them were intended as
a mark of appreciation of the persever-
ing endeavors of Hawaii to march in the
path of progress and of civilization. To
the United States Hawaii already owes a
deep debt of gratitude for her educational
and commercial advancement, and this
last token of friendliness still more
strongly unites the bonds which bind us
in amity.
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Changes ON the Morning Star.

Chief officer G. H. Garland has been
appointed Captain of the Morning Star
in place of Captain Turner, resigned.
Captain Garland made five trips in the
old Morning Star and two on the present
one. He is well acquainted with the
work the vessel has to perform. Second
officer Carl Fribold has been appointed
to the vacancy caused by Captain Gar
lands promotion. The repairs to the
hull of the vessel are about completed,
and the vessel will shortly go on to the
Marine Railway to be cleaned.
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Jubilee Athletic sports.

The Jubilee committee on athletic
sports have arranged the following com
petitions to take place on the race track,
Kapiolani Park, June Goth, for which
handsome prizes will be offered: One
mile race, quarter-mile race, 100 yards
race for youths under II, $50 yards race
for youths under II, 100 yards race, $50
yards race, $50 yards hurdle race, high
jump, broad Jump, putting the shot,
throwing the baseball, sack race, OBJ
stacIe race, three-legged race. These
events are open to all amateur athletes.
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police Court.
BEFORE POLICE JUSTICE DAYTON.


TUESDAY, May 31st.
D. Dealden, Arthur Hunt and T.
Evenson each forfeited bail of So for
drunkenness.
M. S. Perry was reprimanded and dis
charged for violating express rule No. 6.
Kahana (w), for deserving her hus-
band, was sent on the reef for five days.
Costs So to be paid by her husband.
WEDNESDAY, June LIST.
Hikiau, Elikai, Joe Mia, Iokiame,
Kaleiauki and Malina had each to pay
$6 for drunkenness.
w. H. Powell, charged with assault
and battery on his wife, was remanded
to the I'd.
Charles Molteno was charged with
assault and battery on John Brown.
After hearing the testimony nolle pros.
was entered.
Sung sien was fined 81 for being
common nuisance.
CIVIL CASES.
@. Monting VS.. Kan See. Assumpsit
for 500 so. Judgment for defendant for
So 80, with So 10 costs. Appeal noted
by plaintiff.
Three cases were settled, andfve con-
tinued.
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LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Montrose won the Kentucky Derby.
The Hon. S. g. Wilder has gone to Eng
land
The city of Boston spent $4,000 in en-
tertaining Queen Kapiolani.
The Royal Mail steamship Alameda is
due tomorrow from the Colonies, en- route
to San Francisco.
Yesterday was the thirty-fitth anniver-
sary of the birth of Hon. ]. L. Kaulukou
Marshal of the Kingdom.
The ladies should call npon Mr.. Sproull
and see his fine assortment of new lawns
handkerchiefs, embroideries, &c.
We are pleased to learn by the steamer
w. G. Hall that Miss Edith Turton, who
has been very i'll of late at Lahaina, is now
convalescent.
An.important notice to the officers and
members of Lodge lie Progress and Ha-
waiian Lodge No. p will be found in an
other column.
Mr. NJ. Goldberg received fine stock of
goods by the Australia, which he is now
opening out at his store, corner of Mer-
chant and Fort streets.
The Honolulu Almanac and Directory"
for 1887 is now on sale at J. III. Soper's
and A. NJ Hewett's news depots, and at
this Office. Price, 80 cents.
The annual election OF Engineers for the
Honolulu Fire Department will take place
next Monday evening at the engine house
of Mechanic Engine Co. No. 2.
The U. S. corvette Essex left Hongkong
April 18th, to cruise in search of the crew
of the Abbie Carver, wrecked off the coast
of Formosa. The Abbie Carver has been
at this port several times.
The Hon. John A Cummins gave din
ner party at his residence last evening, in
honor of several of the visiting Masons.
Their Highnesses the Princes Keliiahonui
and Kalanianaole were present.
Mr.. George Parsons Lathrop, who has
recently dramatized Tennyson's poem
Elaine for the stage was born in Homo
lulu in the house in Nuuanu Valley re-
Gently vacated by Mr.. Bruce Cartwright.
Hook and Ladder Company held a
lengthy meeting last evening, at which
several new members were elected II
was finally decided to support the Wilson
Hustace-Morgan ticket at the coming
election.
The go-as-you-please race commences
this evening at O'Clock, in a tent in rear
of the shooting gallery, Fort street. There
is every accommodation in the tent and
no doubt the race will attract considerable
attention.
A full attendance is requested at the
meeting of ST. Andrews Church Associa-
ton this evening. Captain H. w. Mist,
R. N. will read paper on The revised
version of the New Testament-why it is
failure"
The brig Claus Spreckels had lively
time crossing the bar at Golden Gate on
May 8th on her way to this port. The s.
F. REPORT" says: at was exhilerating
to watch her. A big comber bore down
from the northwest, and just before it
reached her she passed into deep valley
of the ocean. 1t seemed moments before
she arose, and when she did come into
view it was through a cloud of spray and
spume. The experience was repeated
again and again. When she was not stand
ing on end only few feet of her masts
could be seen. She at last got over safely"
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By the last mail the Hon. w. G..
Parke received a copy of the "Aloha oe
March," composed by Mr.. j. Thomas
Baldwin, and which was played for the
first time by Baldwin's Cadet Band at
the reception given by the City of Bos-
ton, Mass, to Her Majesty the Queen
and H. R. H. Princess Liliuokalani
May 18th. The air aloha oe'' is in
troduced in the march in very pleasing
form.
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His Majesty's Charge d'Afaires at Lon
don, Mr.. A. Hoffnung, received a cable
gram while in New York from the Mar
quis of Salisbury, on behalf of Queen
Victoria, extending TO Her Majesty Queen
Kapiolani an invitation to be the Queens
guest during her visit to England.
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Excursion to ahe volcano.

The steamship Kinau will arrive in
port on Friday at p. m. On Saturday
morning she leaves at 6 a. m. for the
Volcano with number of the visiting
Masons. The vessel returns TO Homo
lulu at p. M. Tuesday. The party will
have ample time to visit the crater,
which is very active at the present time.
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Yesterday morning at 10 30 O'Clock
Colonel F. Van VIeet, 10th Cavalry, e.
s. A., Arizona, and Mrs. f. Van VIeet,
were presented to His Majesty the King
at Iolani Palace by His Excellency Hon.
Antoine Rosa, Vice Chamberlaia.
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visited the Treasury Department, where
the Honorable Secretary of the Treasury
escorted her to several of the rooms, show
ing some very interesting details OF the
business of that great and important
branch of the Government.
At2p m. of Saturday, the 7th instant,
Her Majesty, H. R. Highness and the rest
of the Royal party left Washington for
Boston to accept the Inequalities of that
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The New Brewery.

About 40 tons of machinery, which
arrived by the Australia on Tuesday
from San Francisco, was landed yester-
day It is for MIR. Gilbert Walters new
brewery to be built at Kalihi
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4 per cent basis..s..l $l6.855, 875 76

pei CCIlb Ddo4o--s. > 90 10
The surplus is based on the conservative
assumption that only per cent interest
viii be realized on investments
Assuming that u per cent viii be real
lied, it amounts to $20, 495, 175 76
E~The SURPLUS. on every basis of
valuation. is LARGER THAN THAT OF
ANY OTHER COMPANY IN THE
WORLD.
New assurance in 1886 Sill, $40. BOB 90
Larger than that of any other company.
Outstanding assurance. 4lf.779.09s 90
Larger than that of any other company.
Paid policy holders in 1886 1896, 607 80
Paid policy holders since or
ganization. ........ OF, 547, 1888 So
Total income. 10 ,873, 733 10
Premium income. l6.272sI54 60
Larger than that of any other company
IMPROVEMENT DURING THE YEAR.
Increase of prem income. ...... 80 sI0, 475 40
Increase of surplus, per cent basis 2493, 636 GO
increase OF assets. :. 6s957, 085 &c
Policies issued on ali the p1AAs, with all the
guarantees and concessions. For full particu-
lars apply to
ALEX. J. CARTWRIGHT,
6s2 may12 SO No. Kaahumann street.